Colombia’s second city is fast shedding its controversial reputation. With infrastructure projects that are bringing architecturally exciting libraries and parks to impoverished neighborhoods, and creative methods of transportation, Medellín is one of the most progressive cities in Latin America.

When you wander around Medellin and mention to city officials and entrepreneurs that you are touring now-very-dead drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s grave and other points of interest related to the city’s dark history, they tend to wince because they are now very much focused on “the transformation.” Indeed, Colombia’s second-largest city has undergone what appears to be a near-miraculous transition.

When you wander around Medellin and mention to city officials and entrepreneurs that you are touring now-very-dead drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s grave and other points of interest related to the city’s dark history, they tend to wince because they are now very much focused on “the transformation.” Indeed, Colombia’s second-largest city has undergone what appears to be a near-miraculous transition.

When you wander around Medellin and mention to city officials and entrepreneurs that you are touring now-very-dead drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s grave and other points of interest related to the city’s dark history, they tend to wince because they are now very much focused on “the transformation.” Indeed, Colombia’s second-largest city has undergone what appears to be a near-miraculous transition.

When you wander around Medellin and mention to city officials and entrepreneurs that you are touring now-very-dead drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s grave and other points of interest related to the city’s dark history, they tend to wince because they are now very much focused on “the transformation.” Indeed, Colombia’s second-largest city has undergone what appears to be a near-miraculous transition.

When you wander around Medellin and mention to city officials and entrepreneurs that you are touring now-very-dead drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s grave and other points of interest related to the city’s dark history, they tend to wince because they are now very much focused on “the transformation.” Indeed, Colombia’s second-largest city has undergone what appears to be a near-miraculous transition.

When you wander around Medellin and mention to city officials and entrepreneurs that you are touring now-very-dead drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s grave and other points of interest related to the city’s dark history, they tend to wince because they are now very much focused on “the transformation.” Indeed, Colombia’s second-largest city has undergone what appears to be a near-miraculous transition.

When you wander around Medellin and mention to city officials and entrepreneurs that you are touring now-very-dead drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s grave and other points of interest related to the city’s dark history, they tend to wince because they are now very much focused on “the transformation.” Indeed, Colombia’s second-largest city has undergone what appears to be a near-miraculous transition.

The relationship between the United States and Colombia has been growing since a free trade agreement went into effect three years ago, but trade officials say more can be done from a local perspective.

The relationship between the United States and Colombia has been growing since a free trade agreement went into effect three years ago, but trade officials say more can be done from a local perspective.